Pacific Northwest Gardening: Rhody help, please, 1 by katie59

katie59 wrote:
Outta -

A good rule of thumb is to start at the bottom of the rhody and work your way up the inside. Once you've taken out the obvious - dead limbs and limbs growing back through the bush, rather than straight out, you can really see what you're doing. It's the opposite of shearing - and the rhody will be stimulated to fill in anything gangly. I rehabbed my rhodies when I moved in 5 years ago - took more than they generally-accepted 1/3 off and they thanked me for it.

I think they look pretty natural. I don't like the sheared look, either.

They bloom profusely, but are really just too big for the spot they're in now.